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Jack Nastyface: Memoirs of an English Seaman (Sailors' tales)
Jack Nastyface Memoirs of an English Seaman - Sailors' tales
Author: William Robinson
William Robinson used a pseudonym in 1836 to publish his now-famous memoir, knowing his all-too-realistic description of life on the lower decks would create a scandal. But he hoped it also would provoke changes in the practices of impressment and unfair punishment of sailors. Writing from the point of view of the ordinary Jack Tar in Nelson's N...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781861761910
ISBN-10: 1861761910
Publication Date: 7/1/2003
Pages: 160
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Publisher: Chatham Publishing
Book Type: Paperback
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